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Learning About the Visual System with Brains and Eyeballs

Help me give my students the experience of dissecting sheep brains and cow eye balls in Neuroscience class!

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My Students

Our school is a public transfer high school that offers internships and in-house classes. Our students are artsy, musical, and curious about the world. They are very into hands on projects and learning experientially. Our school is also in the consortium, so our students create a portfolio for graduation of their best projects.

Our talented, musical, artistic students often come from schools where they have encountered some type of obstacle in their success.

Our goal is to make projects connect to their world so they can see the importance of learning about science. In our classes, students first learn about the subject and then use what they learned to design their own experiments. The scientific paper they write can be edited multiple times and presented in front of a panel as one of their graduation requirements.

My Project

In the Neuroscience of Art class we'll be discovering how our visual system "sees" our surroundings. We start the class by dissecting a sheep brains to become more familiar with how the optic nerve sends visual information to the back of the brain. Then, we examine a cow's eyeball and learn more about why we experience optical illusions.

Students use what they learned about the visual system to design a totally original experiment so they can embark on an adventure of exploring the last frontier of science!

Student designed experiments will have to do with how we see things, and why the brain sometimes get's tricked. Many of our students are artists so this information will help them create more informed artworks in the future. For those students interested in medical fields, learning about neuroscience will be a solid foundation for college readiness!

Ms. Parks High School 560 - City as School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Carolinas Perfect Solution Sheep Brain, Dura Mater Removed, Optic Chiasma Intact, Plain, Pail • Carolina Biological Supply Company $12.37 10 $123.70
Student Dissecting Set I • Carolina Biological Supply Company $11.29 6 $67.74
Standard Aluminum Pan with Pad, 7 1/2 x 11 1/4 x 1 1/2 in • Carolina Biological Supply Company $10.75 6 $64.50
22220-2009-Blick Drawing Pencils, Set of 12 - , Set of 12 • Blick Art Materials $10.67 5 $53.35
10642-1058-Canson Artist Series Sketchbook - 8-1/2" x 5-1/2", Wirebound, 100 Sheets • Blick Art Materials $4.91 10 $49.10
Carolinas Perfect Solution Cow Eye, Plain, Pail • Carolina Biological Supply Company $2.97 10 $29.70

Materials cost

$388.09

Vendor shipping charges

 $28.56

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$452.47

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$79.85

Total project goal

$532.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $532.32

3 Donors

-$251.48

Donations toward project cost

-$230.48

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.00

match offer

-$261.16

Match offer toward project cost

-$221.99

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.17

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$19.67

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 $0.00

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